- Etta James: Primary Artist, Vocals
- Jeff Porcaro: Drums
- Chuck Rainey: Bass
- Larry Carlton: Rhythm guitar, rhythm track arrangements
- Cornell Dupree: Lead guitar
- Brian Ray: Slide guitar
- Richard Tee: Keyboards, piano, organ
- Keith Johnson: Electric piano, horn arrangements (B1)
- Tom Roady: Percussion
- Plas Johnson: Saxophone solos
- Jim Horn: Saxophone solos
- Alexander Hamilton: Background singer (leader)
- Merry Clayton: Background singer
- Joyce Austin: Background singer
- Gilbert Ivey: Background singer
- Rueben Franklin: Background singer
- Henry Jackson: Background singer

- Eugene Record: Composer (A1)
- Bert Berns: Composer (A2)
- Jerry Ragovoy: Composer (A2)
- Alice Cooper: Composer (A3)
- Dick Wagner: Composer (A3)
- Randy Meisner: Composer (A4)
- Glenn Frey: Composer (A4)
- Don Henley: Composer (A4)
- Frank Miller: Composer (A5)
- Eve Merriam: Composer (A5)
- Irving Mills: Composer (B1)
- Cliff Friend: Composer (B1)
- Dorothy Love Coates: Composer (B2)
- Kiki Dee: Composer (B3)
- Allen Toussaint: Composer (B4)
- Billy Foster: Composer (B5)
- Ellington Jordan: Composer (B5)

- Jerry Wexler: Producer
- Bruce Robb: Engineer, mixing
- Joe Chiccarelli: Assistant engineer
- Dee Robb: Mixing
- Cherokee Recording Studios, Hollywood: Recording studio
- Jimmy Haskell: String arrangements, horn arrangements

- Ed Thrasher: Art direction
- Jim McCray: Photography